Dear Parents / Carers,

I’m sure many of you will have heard the excitement about the Christmas tree and decorations in school.  I feel that we can actually celebrate Chritsmas this year and I’m so looking forward to when some of our parents can come in and watch the Christmas plays.

KS1 Christmas plays

Please can I ask that all adults who are coming into school take an LFT before and wear a face mask.  Thank you.

Unfortunately, we will not be able to allow photographs to be taken during the play due to various reasons.  Thank you for your understanding of this.

Teenage Gift Appeal

As a local community school we would like to offer our support to the much treasured Alice Charity. They have launched their Teenage Gift Appeal for this year as this is the age group that tends to be left out. We don’t think anyone should be missed off Santa’s list, so we are hoping to spread the appeal and to collect gifts (in a gift bag) between Monday 29nd November to Friday 3rd December. This is already an expensive time for everyone and it may be that you would like to help but in a different way. So, as well as taking in teenage gift donations, we will be taking in any kind of festive food donations, to make Christmas that little more special for families that struggle. If you can help, then donations can be dropped off in the main reception area or sent in with your child to put in their class donation box.  Thank you 

Donation week – Monday 29th November to Friday 3rd December 2021
#ShowYouCare

Illnesses

Please can I remind you that if your child has sickness or diarrhoea, they need 48 hours without any symptoms before coming back to school.

Any main symptoms of covid, children need to have a PCR test.  If they have symptoms which aren’t the main symptoms, children need to do a LFT.  

INSET day (staff training)

We have organised an INSET day for Monday 6th June 2022.  The children will not be in school on this day. 

Safeguarding update

Play Safe, a new national safeguarding campaign (Football Association)

Over the weekend, the Football Association and the NSPCC launched ‘Play Safe’, a national campaign to focus attention on the vital importance of safeguarding in football. At the heart of the campaign are three short films to emphasise the importance of safeguarding for key groups of people, crucially children themselves.

One aspect of the campaign is prompting parents to ask questions:

• Do you know your child’s club Welfare Officer? 

• If so, do you have their tel no. in your ‘phone, as well as that of the NSPCC?

• Are you up to speed with your child’s club’s safeguarding policies and procedures?

• Do you regularly check-in with your child to see what they are enjoying/not enjoying and why?

More information can be found here: https://www.thefa.com/PlaySafe